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Brave's aggressive marketing (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by frequency@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Was reading an answer to the question about fresh Amazon tablet and saw this. They used up the question as a hook to promote their browser. Pretty sure I'm avoiding Brave from now on.

Q: Does the fire max 11 have YouTube app on it. A: I have installed Google Playstore , but I skip installing Youtube app . There is better option . Brave Browser in Playstore !! That thing has AWESOME popup Blocker and it's own integrated Youtube Ads and other Nuisances blocker . My point ? You don't need youtube on Fire max , You don't need Google Maps , You don't need Facebook App . Just Use Brave .

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[–] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really doubt that is marketing. I just think that’s an over-enthusiastic user.

[–] frequency@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Idk, sound like a paid comment to me.

[–] red@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

You're paranoid, mate

[–] squi@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I shill brave on iOS regularly as a way to get past ads on mobile and watch with background playback. But that’s more because of how much I hate ads than any loyalty to brave. I highly doubt they’re paying for the kind of low quality shilling this guy is doing on Amazon. If they are, they can start paying me as well!

[–] SloganLessons@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

if you're interested in alternatives with adblockers:

adguard extension for safari, for general browsing
video lite app for youtube, or any other video playing website. It's a browser disguised as video player, but it's really well done, feels like I'm using the oficial youtube app

[–] PlatinumSf@pawb.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're insane.

[–] frequency@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Aren't we all?

[–] OverBiasedAndroid6L6@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Perhaps you sound like a FireFox or otherwise Anti-Brave shill

[–] frequency@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow wow, slow down dude, now you sound like a Brave shill yourself.

[–] xMadwood@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

It’s brave shills all the way down

[–] kabe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, there are plenty of reasons not to use Brave but this poorly-written, obviously-not-a-paid-review doesn't really rank up there.

[–] lambda@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I really don't understand why people use and recommend brave. They've have had plenty of shady practices in the past and bundle crypto crap by default. If you want to block ads just install ublock origin on (preferably) any privacy respecting browser like firefox (or better yet librewolf), ungoogled-chromium etc

[–] e569668@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

Firefox runs really poorly for twitch and youtube videos for me in linux; mainly in CPU. Brave will use maybe 10-20% of my cpu for a single twitch stream whereas firefox uses about 80%. I use firefox for all my browsing, but for videos it just doesn't seem to work well... Perhaps a different chromium browser would be better as you say.

[–] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The situation on mobile is dire. Bromite and Ungoogled-Chromium are dead, and mobile Firefox is slow crap that Mozilla doesn't give two fucks about. I'm grinding my teeth using IceRaven and Mulch, but I'm not surprised those with less patience would use an all-in-one solution.

[–] aman25ta@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mobile firefox on ios has been way better than almost everything else, atleast compared to like brave and chrome etc

Maybe its being neglected on android? Im on the latest version and ios 17 dev beta

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only thing I wish I had on Firefox is tab groups. That's it. It's totally fine otherwise.

(Don't suggest me an extension. I've tried them. They suck. This isn't a deal breaker for me. I use Firefox.)

[–] aman25ta@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 year ago

Huh

Ive never really used tab groups so they arent really a problem for me, might try them out someday though

[–] ominouslemon@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They just don't know any better. And when you tell them about Brave's history, they just don't listen

[–] Ashatmapants@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the first time I heard about this. Was using it in the past on iOS, but I’m now using an extension in safari to block ads. What exactly is wrong with Brave?

[–] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They were using crypto miners in Brave (now it's just opt-out optional I think), altering search result's, and also something about their CEO being a weirdo I think. And also all this dirty advertising and tactics. They're just shady all around.

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 1 points 1 year ago

There was never a miner in Brave. Their legitimate crypto related features have always been optional. They did add referal links in some urls though

[–] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

Brave sucks. Firefox + uBlock Origin is superior.

Yes I'm a Firefox Supremacist.

[–] Ds4zkMjT@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Gentle reminder that Brave's CEO is a known bigot and the browser is just chrome with a few extensions and fresh coat of paint.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Look ! Firefox marketing ! Gotta boycott them !

[–] benpo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It's important to note that Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organization, whereas Brave Software Inc. is a company that sells products. Mozilla get money from recurrent donations, while Brave gets more money the more users use their software and services, like any other company. Which means that only Brave has interest in hiring shills. And a fucking meme posted on a niche social network is different than a fake review, ffs.